a lovely book to trumpet Arnold the Elephant is stranded on a small, rocky, deserted island in Leo Timmers's new book. Elías Villoro
television Excellent collection of Soviet television computer graphics from the 1980s David Pescovitz
Unreal estate Ultrarich complain that their superskinny tower is a shoddily-built mess Clive Thompson
fake news Royal assassins, JFK assassins, and Ronan Farrow character assassination, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
Technology Trump meets with tech leaders: Apple, Facebook, Google, Amazon, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Tesla, Intel Xeni Jardin
surveillance Hidden "anti-crime" mics are proliferating on US public transit, recording riders' conversations Cory Doctorow